5 Habits Andrew Huberman Recommends

TLDR: Sunlight, sleep, weight training, physiological sigh, and cold showers

Note: these habits are taken from this youtube video.

1) Sunlight

• Get sunlight in your eyes in the morning.
• Make it a pleasurable thing.
• Go outside on the porch, or whatever works for you.

2) Sleep

• Get a good amount of sleep.
• Tips for better sleep, taken directly from this Huberman article:
• View sunlight by going outside within 30–60 minutes of waking. Do that again in the late afternoon, prior to sunset. This is to ‘wake up’ your circadian rhythm.
• Wake up at the same time each day and go to sleep when you first start to feel sleepy.
• Avoid viewing bright lights between 10 pm and 4 am.

3) Weight Training

• 10 minutes of warm up.
• 50–60 minutes of working out.
• 3 days a week resistance training, 3 days a week cardiovascular workout.

4) Physiological sigh

• Tool for controlling stress.
• Inhale twice, then exhale.

5) Cold Showers

• It’s good to have a practice that makes you more resilient.
• Cold showers are an example of this. They also make you happier.
• You can do 1–3 minutes in the cold, then turn the shower hot.
• After you get out of the cold, you get a huge, long-lasting surge in dopamine. This sets your mood and positivity for hours and hours.

This post originally appeared on my substack.